These files include data and estimation code for:

Boehmke, Frederick J.; Charles R. Shipan; Benjamin Goehring; and Tracee Saunders. N.D. 
�Oversight From Below and Above: Individual and Institutional Legislative Influence on 
Agencies�. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations  (forthcoming). 

Compiled on February 12, 2026 by Frederick J. Boehmke (frederick-boehmke@uiowa.edu).


INCLUDED:  

1 Stata data set: 
 
  bsgs2026jleo.dta 			Data on nursing homes and legislators for analysis.

2 Stata do files:  
 
  bsgs2026jleo-analysis.do 		Runs the models reported in the paper and SI.  
  bsgs2026jleo-interpret.do 		Creates the figures reported in the paper and SI.  
 
1 text codebook file: 
  
  bsgs2026jleo-variables.pdf		Information about the included variables.  

1 pdf file: 
  
  bsgs2026jleo-SI.pdf			Supplemental information for the published article,
                                        including tables and figures with the results of
                                        additional models run as robustness checks.

1 README file: 
  
  bsgs2026jleo-README.txt		Describes the included data and files.  

  
NOTES:

1. The primary data set, bsgs2026jleo.dta, contains the information needed to 
	replicate the regression analysis in the paper. It contains information
	on regular nursing home inspections from the Federal databases for
	the states analyzed from 1999-2017. It also includes variables about 
	state legislators from the facility�s district as well as other state-
	level variables.

2. The models are estimated by bsgs2026jleo-analyze.do. This includes all models 
	reported in the paper and the SI, as well some additional models we 
	ran for robustness or other checks. 

3. The figures are created by bsgs2026jleo-interpret.do. This includes all 
	figures reported in the paper and the SI. Note that this file relies
	on stored estimates created by bsgs2026jleo-analyze.do, so you will
	need to run the analysis file before you can run the interpretation file.

4. The files are written for Stata version 17 or above, though they may run in 
	previous versions. 
	
5. The analysis and interpretation files store some output in the subdirectories 
	�tables� and �figures�. These will be created by the files if they don�t
	exist already.

6. The analysis file uses two add-on Stata packages. Commands to install these
	as of the date of this replication information are given towards
	the top of the do-files. They are commented out since you only need 
	to run them once if you don�t have those packages already. 

